Port-Forwarding/Triggering settings | Cisco VPN Dialer

[geeko]

Hello.

I've some problems with WinGate VPN.

1. I am behind a Netgear Firewall Router.
Which ports I've to set to route to my WinGate VPN Server?
is TCP/UDP 809 right?

2. Can I connect to the VPN with the Cisco VPN Dialer?
How must I set the settings? where to enter the SSL-Fingerprint?

The VPN Client is not in LAN, he's connecting over Internet.


Please help me, and ask if you need more informations to resolve the problem.

regards,

geeko

[genie]

That's right - you have to open ports that the VPN server of yours is configured with (defualt is 809, although any other port will do). Wingate VPN uses TCP/UDP protocols for VPN connectivity.

[geeko]

Thanks for answering.

But there is a problem:

outgoing connection is temporally TCP on port 809.
I can change it to UDP on port 809.

Inbound connection is TCP/UDP 809.

But for the outgoing connection I can only set TCP or UDP, there is no TCP/UDP option. So, how try the clients to connect me? UDP or TCP?


And there is also my question with VPN Dialers:

How does it work with Cisco VPN Dialer?
Does it work with Windows-XP-in-built VPN Dialer?


Regards

geeko

[genie]

For outgoing connections you normaly don't have to change your firewall settings - the hole should be punched automatically and the other side will notice that the connection initiator is behind firewall. Therefore, for VPN server you have to open TCP/UDP holes, that will be redirected to the server. For clients normally no additional changes are necessary.

[geeko]

You understood me wrong. Maybe I've expressed the problem bad.


Internet (external connection) > Netgear Router > LAN (inbound connection)


Port Triggering:

On the LAN side I've set TCP/UDP on port 809. There were three protocol options: TCP, UDP and TCP/UDP

On the Internet side I've set TCP on port 809. There were two protocol options: TCP and UDP.

There were no option to set to TCP/UDP. So which protocol I have to use on the Internet side? TCP OR UDP? Can client set this?

Regards,

geeko

[genie]

Can you then open two holes: one for TCP and one for UDP?

[geeko]

Yes! It has worked!

Now I have one hole with TCP:

809 TCP >Router< 809 TCP

external side (internet) internal side (LAN)

and one with UDP

809 UDP >Router< 809 UDP

good idea! thanks.


But there is my question how to connect with the Cisco VPN Dialer unanswered. Or can only WinGate connect to WinGate VPNs?

Please answer to this question as well.

Regards,

geeko

[genie]

Sorry for not answering the second part - the answer is yes, only Wingate VPN can connect to Wingate VPN.

[geeko]

that is sucking! *sry*

so, I can't connect to the VPN with alternative OSses like Linux or Mac or Solaris?

Regards,

geeko